- 1馴養；物種、作物時較常說馴化
When you domesticate an animal, you take a wild kind and, over a long time, make it able to live with people — to work for them, or to stay in the house as a pet. Dogs were once wolves; cows, horses, cats, and chickens have the same kind of story.
When當 你你 domesticate馴養 an animal一隻動物的時候, you你 take拿 a wild kind一種野生的動物, and而且, over a long time經過長時間, make使得 it它 able to live能跟人一起生活 with people — to work for them為人工作, or或 to stay in the house as a pet當寵物待在家裡. Dogs狗 were once wolves曾經是狼; cows, horses, cats, and chickens牛、馬、貓、雞 have有 the same kind of story一樣的故事.
also talk about domesticating plants: wheat and rice were wild grasses that people slowly made into crops. That is still the same idea: something wild is brought into human life.
Biologists生物學家 also也 talk about談論 domesticating plants馴化植物: wheat and rice小麥和稻米 were曾經是 wild grasses野生的草 that people人們 slowly慢慢 made into crops把它們變成作物. That那 是仍然是 still the same idea同一個概念: something wild某種野生的東西 是被 brought into human life帶進人類的生活裡.
The verb is fairly formal. You meet it in history, science, and news about animals, not much in playground talk.
The verb這個動詞 是相當 fairly formal正式. You你 meet it會遇到它 in history歷史, science科學, and和 news about animals動物相關新聞裡, not而不是 much in playground talk常在遊樂場的閒聊裡.
Though actually, people stretch it as a joke about humans too: “Marriage domesticated him” means home life made someone quieter and more settled. That is loose. You cannot really domesticate a person in the animal sense; you are only borrowing the picture. Training one pet is also not quite this word — training is what you do with an animal that is already living with us.
Though actually不過事實上, people人們 stretch it把它引申 as a joke開玩笑地 about humans too用在人身上: Marriage domesticated him婚姻馴化了他 means意思是 home life家庭生活 made讓 someone一個人 quieter and more settled變得更安靜、更安定. That那 是 loose鬆散的用法. You你 cannot really不能真的 domesticate a person馴養一個人, in the animal sense用動物的那種意思; you你 are only只是 borrowing the picture借用這個畫面而已. Training one pet訓練一隻寵物 是也 also not quite this word不太是這個字的意思 — training訓練 是指的是 what you你對已經跟我們一起生活的動物 do with做的事 an animal that is already living with us.
core核心畫面
組成domestic（家裡的、家養的）+ -ate（做成動詞）。約 1620 年進入英語，來自法文 domestiquer，或中世紀拉丁文 domesticātus。
同家族的字
- domesticthe adjective this verb is built from: of the home, or already living with people
- domesticationthe noun for the process
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
domesticateverb詞源 1/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/
- 1
To make domestic.
- 2
To make (more) fit for domestic life.
- "To answer your question, Tai's fine. She mostly just smokes socially these days." "You're domesticating her!" "We're domesticating each other. The other day I found myself reading a home decorating blog."
- 3
To adapt to live with humans.
- The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.
- 4
To adapt to live with humans.
- Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
- 5
To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
- 6
human-scienceslinguisticssciencesTo amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.
domesticatenoun詞源 2/dəˈmɛ.stɪ.kət/
- 1
An animal or plant that has been domesticated.
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